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But this just shows you how every debate there is wrenched into this absurdist distortion.
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Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
All these tropes — gaydar and girls without it — make for easier narratives, but the presumption that the codes of the heart can be deciphered on the body is one that, outside the world of absurdist comedy — and probably sometimes within it as well — can wound and damage.
—Kelly Foster Lundquist, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Come to see Stone get her head shaved, stay for big laughs, darkly incisive commentary, and incredible performances from Stone, Plemons, and newcomer Aidan Delbis in this absurdist black comedy.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Somehow, in 2025, Colin Farrell managed to star in two excruciating, absurdist, amazing-looking movies (this and Ballad of a Small Player) that make no sense.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
All these tropes — gaydar and girls without it — make for easier narratives, but the presumption that the codes of the heart can be deciphered on the body is one that, outside the world of absurdist comedy — and probably sometimes within it as well — can wound and damage.
—Kelly Foster Lundquist, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Come to see Stone get her head shaved, stay for big laughs, darkly incisive commentary, and incredible performances from Stone, Plemons, and newcomer Aidan Delbis in this absurdist black comedy.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Somehow, in 2025, Colin Farrell managed to star in two excruciating, absurdist, amazing-looking movies (this and Ballad of a Small Player) that make no sense.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for absurdist
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“Absurdist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absurdist. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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